--- In Doepfer_a100@y..., "stinchcombe_t" <tstinchcombe@q...>
wrote:
> > I'd also like to know about ways to create a manual gate,
without
> > a keyboard. A simple way to open/close a signal path...
>
> I find a simple way to produce a manual gate (for use with the
ADSRs
> 140 and 141 at least) is to use an A-174 joystick. Set the X out
to be
> just negative, then tapping the joystick to the right sends it
> sufficently positive to gate the ADSR.
>
There's no module with an actual "manual gate" button though,
is there Like on a VCS3...
An A-119 works well too. Touch the other end of a cable which
goes into the input, turn up gain all the way, threshold all the way
down.
> > To the person who asked about the spring reverb, I like it a
lot. It
> > adds a very characteristic sound of its own, because of the
>
> The spring reverb is one of my favourite modules - much
screeching and
> squawking to be had by using the feedback. I'm even
considering buying
> a second one to see what might happen if I cross couple them!
(The hum
> problem *is* a real pain in the proverbial though...)
>
> > My A-126 Frequency Shifter seems to add a sine wave of
almost
> > equal strength to any signal I plug into the module, has
anyone
> > else had this problem I don't seem to be able to frequency
shift
>
> I'm wondering whether you had the same problem as I did
when I first
> got mine - for example, if the frequency you feed in is quite low,
and
> then you try and shift it down, the output shifts lower and then
> passes through zero frequency to give 'negative frequency',
which
> actually sounds like a normal positive frequency, but as you
continue
> to increase the down shift, you actually hear this frequency
> increasing, which sounds like the module is not working! If this
is
> what you are getting, input a much higher frequency, and then
shift
> down, and you should actually hear the output frequency
decreasing.
I'm not sure I know what you mean. I meant that the A-126
seems to self-oscillate, all the time, and add this signal to the
output, more than I'd like it to.
Dimm M.
>
> Tim
>
> [The views expressed above are entirely those of the writer and
do not
> represent the views, policy or understanding of any other
person or
> official body.]